Research Article

GROWTH-FRIENDLY TAXATION AND TURKISH PRACTICE

Volume: 2 Number: 4 October 30, 2015
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GROWTH-FRIENDLY TAXATION AND TURKISH PRACTICE

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss the essentials of growth-friendly taxation i.e. tax structures which promote economic growth and Turkish practice. This paper comprises two parts. In the first part the basis of growth friendly tax policy and guidelines set by European Union for tax reforms aiming to increase the quality of tax system. The second part will be devoted to the examination of major tax types of Turkish Tax System whether they represent growth friendly structure or not. It is observed that Turkey by having heavy income tax burden and wedge on labor particularly low wage earners, corporate income tax not allowing to subtract net return on equity capital, numerous tax reliefs and discriminative and multi-rated structure Value Added Tax (VAT) has not been implementing growth friendly tax system.  

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References

  1. EU; Growth-Friendly Tax Policies in Member States and Better Tax Coordination, Annual Growth Survey 2012, Brussels, 23.11.2011
  2. IMF Staff Note; Growth Friendly Fiscal Policy Prammer Doris; Quality of Taxation and the Crisis: Tax Shifts from Growth Perspective, EU Working Paper, No.29, 2011
  3. Stuart Adam, Paul Johnson ; Tax Reform and Growth, Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2012

Details

Primary Language

Turkish

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 30, 2015

Submission Date

August 18, 2015

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2015 Volume: 2 Number: 4

APA
Batırel, Ö. F. (2015). BÜYÜME DOSTU VERGİLEME VE TÜRKİYE UYGULAMASI. Journal of Life Economics, 2(4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.15637/jlecon.107